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Catching Up with Tech Innovator Doug Durham of Don’t Panic Labs and Nebraska Global
Every year, the AIM Tech Celebration awards ceremony recognizes individuals, organizations, teams, students and educators furthering the cause of technology in the community. Doug Durham is one of those people. In 2016, Durham won a Tech Celebration award in the Tech Innovator category for his work as CEO of software development company Don’t Panic Labs…
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Lincoln-based Fourstarzz Media goes international with influencer marketing
Dennis Doerfl and Daniel Troesch met while working for Groupon in Switzerland, traveling all over the world managing the company’s international projects. Through that business relationship, the two found themselves in Lincoln, Nebraska launching their own influencer marketing company, Fourstarzz Media. Doerfl, a former University of Nebraska at Lincoln student, felt that the Lincoln startup…
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QA with Doug Durham on thinking beyond Agile practices
Doug Durham is co-founder and CTO of Nebraska Global and Don’t Panic Labs in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2016 he was awarded “Tech Innovator of the Year” at AIM’s Tech Celebration. On March 28th Durham will be presenting on “Enabling innovation through integrating agile and software development best practices” at Infotec in Omaha. SPN caught up with…
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Lincoln’s Beehive Industries lands $2.5 million from St. Louis VC
Beehive Industries has filled a $2.5 million Series A investment from St. Louis-based Advantage Capital. The Lincoln-based startup provides infrastructure management and mapping software to utilities, city government and construction companies…
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Zillow VP shares developer trends at Google I/O Extended event in Lincoln
Garrett McAuliffe, VP of Engineering for Zillow, an online real estate database, predicts most web traffic within a year will come from touch wave devices and talked about the challenges associated with developing software for multiple operating systems…
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Boutique Window brings in $650k from Nebraska Global, Nelnet
Two weeks ago, Ella Wirtz and Courtney Rodgers launched their marketing software following three months of private tests with around two-dozen stores. This week, nine months into their startup journey, the duo announced their latest milestone: Boutique Window closed a $650,000 Series A round. The new capital, which comes from software investment firm Nebraska Global,…
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See EliteForm in action at the University of Kansas (Video)
The athletic department at the University of Kansas currently boasts a pair of nationally ranked basketball teams, but high-end hoops is par for the course in Lawrence. New this year, KU can also tout top-tier weight-lifting technology, which it’s using to improve the strength and conditioning work of its basketball teams and other Jayhawk squads.…
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Nebraska Global, Lincoln Public Schools beta test internship program
Two years ago, Lincoln-based Nebraska Global set out with an eight-figure software investment fund and a philosophy. “We make investments, and it’s not just cash. We make investments in communities and in people,” explained managing principal Steve Kiene. That non-cash investment began with hiring new college graduates to help keep talent in Nebraska. Then, the…
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With “expanded mission” Don’t Panic Labs lends technical help outside
Don’t Panic Labs fielded and consistently passed on offers for consulting work for some time following its launch in late 2010. But eventually Don’t Panic Labs, the technical arm of Lincoln-based software investment firm Nebraska Global …
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Student-run Jacht Club aims to give UNL students hands-on experience
A class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is attempting to show advertising students the ins and outs of running an agency by providing real world experience, with real clients and real bills to pay. The main goal of Jacht Club, the student-run agency, is to teach students across campus about the business side of advertising.…